This book is a companion volume to Python Crash Course, originally titled Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python, aimed at readers who have mastered basic Python syntax but cannot find a direction on the path to "the next level." The book is divided into three parts and 17 chapters. Part One (Chapters 1–2) begins with setting up a development environment and introduces how to search for information online and ask for help efficiently in communities and documentation, helping readers escape a state of scattered trial and error. Part Two (Chapters 3–14) is the core of the book, covering practical methods for writing high-quality Python code: using the code formatter Black, type hints, the Git version control toolchain, and other professional tools; how to write idiomatic Python syntax; and how to use command-line tools to improve development efficiency. The author also introduces basic methods for performance measurement and big-O algorithm analysis, and uses game examples such as the Tower of Hanoi and Connect Four to demonstrate abstract best practices in projects readers can actually run. Part Three (Chapters 15–17) systematically explains object-oriented programming: how to design classes, what inheritance is, how to understand the far more complex concepts of polymorphism and encapsulation, and Python's unique magic methods and object-oriented features. The book includes numerous code examples and common-mistake cases; its focus is not on listing syntax but on helping readers learn to organize code, debug problems, and improve their workflow like professional programmers.
Posts & Telecom Press is known for its strengths in science and technology, computing, and information and communications titles, and has extended its publishing into photography, art, software learning, and inspirational growth, giving it a fairly diverse range. Its catalog includes computing and communications works such as Refactoring and Patterns (Revised Edition) and Huawei Switch Learning Guide (Second Edition), alongside bilingual collector's editions such as The Little Prince (Chinese-English-French illustrated collector's edition), The Great Gatsby, and Three Days to See. Beijing Ten Years: 1980-1990 and Ghost Blade: WLOP Personal Illustration Collection reflect its presence in photography and art. Its authors include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Helen Keller, Joshua Kerievsky, Wang Da, Zhang Zhaozeng, and WLOP.
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